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College football is one of the most popular events that take place in the United States. Different conferences all over the country go on to encapture audiences and bring up age-old rivalries. A while ago, an absolutely amazing moment of college football went viral this year. While fans are excited about the leagues starting soon, the upcoming NCAA schedule has been thrown for a toss by the NFL.

Recently, the league went on to release its schedule for the upcoming season. The only problem was that it dislodged an important game that was already planned for the NCAA tournament. Furthermore, fans went on to express their disbelief at the way the league’s game has shaken off the NCAA schedule.

NFL rashly changes the NCAA football schedule

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The Orange Bowl represents the end-of-year game that rakes in hordes of fans for the game. It remains to be one of the biggest events that fans of college football look forward to. However, the scheduled college game that everyone was looking forward to was dislodged by an NFL game.

The game between the Dak Prescott-led Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions will be happening on the same day. Due to its viewership concerns, the NFL has given ABC/ESPN the right to air this game instead. With viewership concerns becoming a problem, the Orange Bowl was shifted to the 1st of January. This also means that Monday Night Football for the NFL has been shifted by the league for the Orange Bowl.

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After this news went viral, football fans were quite enraged. They took to Twitter to mention their outrage at this unnecessary rescheduling.

Fans are angry at the NFL’s rash actions

Fans were very angry with how the league was making unnecessary reschedules to the Orange Bowl’s schedule. One fan mentioned how it just isn’t a good option.

Furthermore, one fan mentioned how the college football scene is better than the pro league.

Fans also expressed their discontent over such a decision.

There were also some jokes about how they were changing a college game for a Lions game.

Finally, fans were very angry with the way they were trading around the Orange Bowl’s dates.

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All in all, fans were very unhappy with the way the NFL is changing the schedule of the NCAA tournament.

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While people love the NFL, the NCAA tournament and an important game like the Orange Bowl holds a special place in people’s heart. It only remains to be seen how the fans are going to react when the Orange Bowl actually takes place.

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